________________________________ From: Sibley, Jim Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 8:09 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Summary of Word of Wisdom Workshop at TBL Conference in Austin Hi All Here is the summary of the workshop participants work from my workshop. We looked at 3 TBL listesrve threads and 2 interesting articles on student resistance and fair grading The discussion around Grading application Activity generated lots of conversation...BUT few specifics 1) Some Instructors don't grade activities 2) Some instructors thinking not grade will reduce motivation or reduce attendance 3) Common activity at end is that teams provide a short written rationale of their decision The discussion around Assessment (peer evaluation, grade weight setting) 1) peer evaluation is desirable to allow differentiation of team marks for individual contribution 2) student sometimes underrate and overrate - always overrate when for marks 3) grade weighting activities can increase student buy-in 4) student generated performance criteria can increase student buy-in The discussion around Student Resistance 1) Clearly and frequently explain your rationales for using TBL 2) Demonstrate TBL to orient your students 3) start with easier activities and progress difficulty as student comfort and confidence increases 4) Resistance is normal....don't let a a few complaints make you assume that everyone is unhappy 5) Discuss resistance openly in class - power of majority can sometimes silence a vocal minority Common Student Words 1) we are teaching ourselves 2) testing before teaching make no sense 3) you are paid to teach 4) this is too much work 5) I don't want my grade to depend on teamwork 6) I want to form my own team Attached is a summary of the analysis, the raw Dacum's, and here is a link http://teambasedlearning.apsc.ubc.ca/austin articles.zip <http://teambasedlearning.apsc.ubc.ca/austin articles.zip> to all the articles analyzed _________________________________________________ Jim Sibley Director Centre for Instructional Support Faculty of Applied Science University of British Columbia 2208-6250 Applied Science Lane Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4 Phone 604.822.9241 Fax 604.822.7006 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: www.learning.apsc.ubc.ca <http://www.learning.apsc.ubc.ca/> e-Portfolio: http://ipeer.apsc.ubc.ca/wiki/index.php/Jim_Sibley_Portfolio ________________________________________________ Please submit support requests for WebCT to our help desk at http://cis.apsc.ubc.ca/helpdesk/ <http://cis.apsc.ubc.ca/helpdesk/> ________________________________________________ (c) Copyright 2009, Jim Sibley, All rights reserved The information contained in this e-mail message and any attachments (collectively "message") is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient (or recipients) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this message in error and that any review, use, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. ___________________________________________________